In re the Adoption of Infant Sherman

MEMORANDUM OPINION

(February 6, 2007)

I. INTRODUCTION

THIS MATTER came before the Court on the ex parte Motion of Petitioner, L.C.F. to release information pertaining to the adoption of her son.1 Petitioner asks this Court to find that she presents with good cause, as allowed under 16 V.I. CODE ANN. § 145(c) (1921, amended 1961). For the reasons that follow, Petitioner’s request for access to the adoption records of her son [hereinafter “Infant Sherman”] is DENIED.

Petitioner avers that she gave birth to a baby boy, Infant Sherman, in 1969.2 Unable to keep him at that time, Petitioner placed…